** Posture 3b. Recitation in Qiyām — Sūrah Al-Fātiḥa

** Translation of Salat: Essence of the Daily Prayers

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Posture 3b. Recitation in Qiyām — Sūrah Al-Fātiḥah

Arabic	Transliteration	English Translation
بِسْمِ ٱللّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ۝	Bismillāhir-Raḥmānir-Raḥīm	In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَالَمِينَ ۝	Al-hamdu lillahi rabbil-‘alamin	The praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds
ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ۝	Ar-Rahmanir-Rahim	The Most Kind The Most Rewarding
مَالِكِ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ ۝	Maliki yawmid-din	Master of the Day of Judgement
إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ ۝	Iyyaka na’budu wa iyyaka nasta’in	You alone we worship, and You alone we ask for help
ٱهْدِنَا ٱلصِّرَاطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ ۝	Ihdinas-siratal-mustaqim	Guide us the right path
صِرَاطَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ ٱلْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا ٱلضَّالِّينَ ۝	Siratal-ladhina an’amta ‘alayhim – Ghayril-maghdubi ‘alayhim wa lad-dallin	The path of those on whom You have granted favors – Not of those on whom wrath/anger has brought down, nor of those who went astray/lost.

Arabic	Meaning
بِسْمِ	in the name
اللّٰهِ	of Allah
الرَّحْمَٰنِ	the Most Gracious
الرَّحِيمِ	the Most Merciful
اَلْحَمْدُ	all praise
لِلّٰهِ	belongs to Allah
رَبِّ	Lord of
الْعَالَمِينَ	all the worlds
الرَّحْمَٰنِ	the Most Gracious
الرَّحِيمِ	the Most Merciful
مَالِكِ	Master of
يَوْمِ الدِّينِ	the Day of Judgement
إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ	You alone we worship
وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ	and You alone we ask for help
اهْدِنَا	guide us
الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ	to the straight path
صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ	the path of those whom
أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ	You have favored
غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ	not of those who earned Your anger
وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ	nor of those who went astray

Key Points to Remember

✅ Al-Fātiḥah is recited in every rakʿah of every prayer — the Prophet ﷺ said there is no prayer for the one who does not recite the Opening of the Book.
✅ After completing it, the worshipper says Āmīn (“answer our prayer”).
✅ Schools differ on the follower reciting behind the imam: Ḥanafīs hold the imam’s recitation suffices for the congregation, while Shāfiʿīs require each person to recite it — phrase this per your course’s madhhab.